• Cordell's Books
  • Rape of the Fair Country
  • Song of the Earth
  • This Sweet & Bitter Earth
  • The Fire People
• Books About Cordell
• Cordell's Favourites
• The Cordell Collection - Dawson Smith & The Exciles

Stay in Cordell Country

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There is so much to do in Cordell Country that a day trip can easily turn into a long weekend - and to help you have a relaxing as well as an inspiring break, there are a range of accommodation providers to suit all needs. Take a look at the places to stay option as you explore the routes, or else look at the places to stay section.

This Sweet & Bitter Earth

Set in the Rhondda Valley and the Aber Valley near Caerphilly, the hero of this novel is a young miner from North Wales who comes to find his fortune in the ‘black gold rush’ of the booming Rhondda Valleys in the early 20th century. A backdrop of the Tonypandy Riots of 1910 and the Universal Colliery disaster of 1913 sets the scene.

"of all the valleys, this, I thought, was surely Welsh best. Where exists such loveliness as my Rhondda in springtime? the mountains are sylan here, the country gold.... the rivers milk, the sky honey. God knows why excile Welshmen search the ends of the earth when Heavan is on their doorstep." This Sweet & Bitter Earth